I stampedornaments on a watercolor paper and colored them in watercolor technique.

This time I used Stabilo fibre-tip pens for watercoloring. I haven't colored with them for a long time. I gave all my Stabilo pens to my niece this summer. Recently I bought new ones and decided to color a bit with them. They are inexpensive and great for coloring directly on paper or for watercoloring. Amazing Julia Altermann of Just One More Card experimented a lot with them and shared various coloring techniques on her blog on YouTube channel. All I know about coloring with Stabilo fibre-tip pens I learned from Julia. :o) Check this great tutorial about how to watercolor using inexpensive Stabilo pens.

After coloring and drying, I fussy cut ornaments and traced edges with black marker.

Then I stamped a sentiment and two ornaments directly on a white top folded card base, colored ornaments with black marker and drew threads with a fine liner using a ruler.

When I paper piece or add dimension to my card, I mostly go with this technique: stamp an image on a card base (or panel), color it with black marker and glue over same colored image. Black background for pieced or pop-up images is perfect, as it hides all those imperfections when fussy cutting or gluing pieces together.

Lastly I glued colored ornaments over black colored ornaments. I glued one ornament directly on the card base. I glued second ornament on a foam sheet piece, fussy cut it out and glued on the card base. Simple way to create different dimension on a card and it adds a bit of interest to CAS design. :o)

Sunday, December 10, 2017

On Wednesday, November 29th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Penguin Winter Wishes Card. :o) I had an extra busy schedule and I didn't manage to share it here on my blog earlier. I need a vacation...

I printed the penguin on a watercolor paper and left him dry through the night to prevent ink smearing. I colored the penguin in watercolor technique, using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the penguin and colored edges with black marker.

Then I blended a white cardstock paper panel with Distress Inks, creating Ombré Effect. When I was satisfied with the color, Isplatteredthe panel with water and after with white acrylic paint. After drying, I heat embossed in white a sentiment directly on the panel.

Lastly I glued the panel on a white top folded card base, glued foam on the back of the penguin and placed him on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew couple more white dots on the panel using white gel pen.

When I finished the box and closed it, a lid didn't fit well, so I had to make a new one, slightly larger than the first one. I cut a piece of cardstock paper measuring 4 5/8" x 4 5/8" and followed steps from the tutorial. I also extended patterned paper cutouts for the lid.

For the door knob I used plastic snowflake and a brad I had in my stash. The snowflake had some glitter on it, which I didn't like, neither it fitted on my project. I tried to scratch glitter off with the scissors... It worked!!! Completely white, no glitter on it. Happiness overload!! :o) I glued the snowflake and the brad together (I used Loctite Super Gel to glue metal and plastic together) and got pretty door knob. :o)

Image is paper pieced. I stamped the reindeer on a watercolor paper, colored him in watercolor technique with Distress Ink. Then I stamped reindeer's collar on the patterned paper, same I used for the box. I fussy cut both pieces, colored edges with black marker and glued them together. Watercolor paper I use is great and I love it, but it's not thick, so I stamped another reindeer on a white cardstock paper. I colored the reindeer completely with black marker and fussy cut him, leaving white border around him. Lastly I glued two pieces together, glued some foam on the back and placed the reindeer on the box. :o)

I wanted to keep my box as simple as possible, so I didn't add any other embellishments. Also, I love the patterned paper I used and for me it's enough. :o)

I hope you'll like my project for this fortnight and get inspired. Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blogand see gorgeous creations my Design Team Matesmade for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your chocolate projects. :o)

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